Okakarara

Okakarara
Nickname: 
Erari
Motto: 
Risa ukute
Okakarara is located in Namibia
Okakarara
Okakarara
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 20°35′9″S 17°27′28″E / 20.58583°S 17.45778°E / -20.58583; 17.45778
Country Namibia
RegionOtjozondjupa Region
Constituencies of NamibiaOkakarara Constituency
Government
 • MayorErenfriede Veundja Kamutuezu
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Town4,709
 • Urban
7,000
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
ClimateBSh

Okakarara is a town in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, located 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Waterberg National Park.[2] It has an estimated population of 7,000 and is currently growing by 1,500 inhabitants annually.[3]

Okakarara consists of the residential areas of Pamue, the former whites-only area, and Okakarara Proper, the former black residential area. It is the district capital of the Okakarara electoral constituency that includes surrounding settlements.

  1. ^ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ Okakarara namibia-travel profile
  3. ^ Goreseb, Lesley G (September 2009). "Okakarara Town Council". Supplement to several Namibian newspapers.

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